Make cake toppers out of champagne corks
Looking for a cute idea for your super-special cake toppers? Are you guys champagne drinkers? If you are, you’re gonna want to pay attention to Meredith and Michaels DIY toppers.
Keep guests toasty warm with blankets
Wintery wedding couples, here’s a tip for you: have a blanket station for your wedding guests!
Turn trays into elegant, wedding-ready chalkboard signs
Check out how chalkboard paint can turn pretty shiny trays into elegant, wedding-ready signs for your big event! Aaron and Emily used these beauties to direct guests to their ceremony and venue locations, and to highlight their card box…
Science-y, steampunk-y vial place cards
We’re trying to make our reception tables look like the desk of a (mad?) scientist or at least a bit bookish and science-y. So these are our place cards! They’re all itty bitty glass vials with a label and some contents. The label names are geeky references. The contents are mostly things from the pantry. And then we’re gonna put the name cards on top.
Ask your shower guests to gift you flowers
Offbeat Bride reader Wendy had a great way to not only get her wedding flowers for free, but to also improve her landscaping at home at the same time.
Use colorful binder clips to display your table numbers
Recently I gushed over Erin and Mark’s literary-themed wedding decor and an eagle-eyed reader Kirsten spotted their scholarly table number holders.